Off-road crash leaves two freezing near Rickel Hollow road, Armstrong County PA
Rescue teams responded to two off-roaders near a creek on Rickel Hollow Road. Both were cold and lightly hurt; one caller's phone was nearly dead. Emergency crews mobilized rapidly.
Audio|Source: Armstrong County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Intersection of Rickel Hollow Road and Wattersonville Road, assist 280 with persons in the woods.
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Chief, 251 norms wrong.
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251.
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What do we have?
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You'll be assisting 280 with persons stuck in woods. They're asking for your side-by-side?
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That's received, I'm at all of the station.
00:29
Okay.
00:30
230, 240, 250,
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260, here's side-by-side zero two to Washington Township intersection of Rickel Hollow Road and Wattersonville Road.
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How do it?
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260 are strong?
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260.
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They acknowledge, we'll be in rotten minutes.
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Okay.
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Chief 280 from Armstrong.
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From 250, where are we going up there?
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We'll be Wattersonville Road and Rickel Hollow.
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You'll meet Chief 280 there and he'll send you where to go.
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Wattersonville Road and Rickel Hollow.
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Rickel Hollow.
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Looking for it.
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80 to 250. Just come back to Wattersonville, Roger, run a rating 2nd says right before you get on to number 9.
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24, Pete. We're being out here now.
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Hey, Brian, I'm coming by one haven here.
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104.
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Chief 284, I'm strong.
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Chief 230, Chief 280, 80.
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Chief 280.
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Good. Good.
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What you need?
01:54
Great.
01:58
My side of manpower.
02:03
Chief 280 from Armstrong.
02:05
Copy.
02:07
Chief 280 from Armstrong. Chief 280 from Armstrong.
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Go ahead.
02:22
Your replacement time with nothing out of 240 and no acknowledgement from 230, you want them filled?
02:30
No, I think 230 answered me because they want to know what we need, and I actually talked to Chief 240.
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Okay.
02:38
Okay.
02:39
All right, sir, I'm sorry, I'm 230 acknowledge.
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230, okay?
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Chief 280 from Armstrong.
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Go ahead.
02:56
Last few sporadic texts I've gotten from this caller, I've judged it.
03:02
His buddy crashed and left two of them down by a small creek on simple trails.
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Neither one of them are dressed to be out there.
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They're both freezing, you said.
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Neither one seems severely injured at this time.
03:17
He also has at 1% on his battery, so...
03:21
Two side-by-side then, from Rickel Hollow on long.
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I'll attempt.
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He said his battery is at 1%, so I'll go as long as he's lit...
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it's on.
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Location mentioned:
Rickel Hollow Rd & Wattersonville Rd, Washington Township, PA 16218
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